In 2023 OverDrive’s digital library downloads alone were 86% of total US print sales, while Kindle Unlimited paid out $575 million
Per The Bookseller, reporting on Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market report for 2023, the...
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152 library systems in seven countries surpassed one million digital checkouts – OverDrive
In 2023, a record-setting 152 library systems in seven countries surpassed one million digital checkouts.
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USA – OverDrive downloads up 55% on 2021, but no real numbers and some implausible extrapolations
In 2021, OverDrive reported (January 2022) 506 million downloads globally. A 55% increase on that...
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OverDrive clocked over 500 million downloads in 2022, and it may actually have been 587 million
The important message here is a simple one: consumer interest in ebooks is not declining, no...
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How self-publishers are taking digital library eyeballs from mainstream publishers
Bigger publishers might want to pay attention, not just because sometimes indies lead the way with...
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Rakuten OverDrive adds Marvel Comics to Marketplace
Just weeks before Avengers: Endgame hits the big screen, and with the Oscars success of...
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OverDrive wins 4 year contract to supply ebooks to Sweden’s libraries
News is breaking in Sweden that America’s OverDrive has out-tendered domestic rival Axiell to...
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OverDrive supplies the UAE's first digital library
Back in May Book Expo New York hosted an event titled Reaching the Arab World – the New...
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World's first digital business library launches in Singapore
When it comes to doing digital business in SE Asia, Singapore is often the first port of call,...
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OverDrive leads the way with dyslexia-friendly ebooks
What do WB Yeates, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lynda La Plante, Jules Verne, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Agatha...
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OverDrive's Big Library Read – the world's biggest digital book club
OverDrive’s latest Big Library Read is underway (Oct 12-26), with Chelsea Sedoti’s The...
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The Future of Barnes & Noble. Part 1: Nook
Nook, by Barnes & Noble. But for how much longer? Over the weekend The Digital Reader ran an...
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